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| 1 | a large flat object you open when you want to enter or leave a building , room , or vehicle 门 |
| a little cottage with a red door 有一扇红色门的小屋 |
| The door creaked slowly open. 门吱嘎吱嘎地慢慢打开了。 |
| There was a draught coming from under the door. 门下面吹来一股风。 |
| open/close/shut the door The police officer told him to open the car door. 警官叫他打开车门。 |
| Shut the door – it’ s cold in here! 关上门，这里很冷！ |
| knock on the door (=so that someone knows you are there) I knocked on the door and a voice answered ‘Come in.’ 敲门 |
| be at the door (=be outside the door to someone’ s house) There’ s someone at the door. 在门口 |
| answer/get the door (=go to your door to see who is there) Go and answer the door, will you? 去应门 |
| bang/slam the door (=close it noisily) He ran out, slamming the door behind him. 砰地把门关上 |
| +to/into The door to the kitchen was open. 去厨房的门开着。 |
| back/front/side etc door Be sure to lock the back door when you leave. 离开时一定要锁好后门。 |
| bedroom/shed/car etc door The bathroom door was shut. 浴室的门关着。 |
| | 1a | the space created when you open a door 门口；门道 | | A strange figure suddenly came through the door. 一个陌生人突然穿过门道走进来。 | | come in the door I’ d just come in the door when the phone rang. 电话铃响时我刚刚进门。 | | out the door Anne got out the door as quickly as she could when she saw him there. 安妮一看到他在那里就赶紧开门出去了。 | |
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| 2 | an opportunity to do something or a possibility that something will happen 机会；可能；途径；通道 |
| +to For these young men, a sports career can be a door to fame and fortune. 对这些年轻人来说，运动生涯可以为他们提供获取名利的机会。 |
| open doors (for sb) (=create opportunities) This new job has really opened a lot of doors for her. 创造机会；打开通道 |
| open the door to sth (=make it possible) This decision could open the door to higher costs. 使某事可能；给某事物以机会 |
| close/shut the door on sth (=make it impossible) The government is reluctant to shut the door on these proposals. 使某事不可能；将某事物拒之门外 |
| | 2a | used for saying that even though you have lost an opportunity to do one thing , an opportunity to do something else has appeared 失去一个机会还会有另一个机会；天无绝人之路 | |
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| - | (from) door to door
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| 1 | used for talking about the total length of a journey from the place where you start to the place where you arrive 从起点到终点 | The flight itself is only two hours, but it takes about five hours door to door. 飞行本身只有两个小时，但整个旅途用了大约五个小时。 | |
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| 2 | going to all the houses in an area , for example trying to sell things or asking for information or votes 挨家挨户地 |
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| - | get your foot/toe in the door
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| to get an opportunity to start working in an organization or business , especially when this will give you more opportunities in the future |
| 获得机会加入（企业或组织） |
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| - | on the door
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| at the entrance to a place , selling tickets, or welcoming or checking the people who want to come in |
| 在门口（做售票、接待或检查工作） |
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| - | open its/the doors
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| if a building , organization , or country opens its doors, it allows people to enter , especially for the first time |
| （尤指首次）开放，接纳 |
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| +to The country has slowly opened its doors to new immigrants. 这个国家已经慢慢开始接纳新移民。 |
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| - | out of doors
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| 在门外；在户外 |
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| He spends a lot of time out of doors. 他花很多时间进行户外活动。 |
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| - | show sb the door informal
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| to tell someone to leave , especially in a rude or angry way |
| 叫某人离开；叫某人滚蛋；向某人下逐客令 |
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| - | shut/slam the door in sb’ s face
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| 1 | to close a door violently when someone is about to come into a room 让某人吃闭门羹；把某人拒之门外 |
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| 2 | to rudely tell or show someone that you are not interested in listening to their opinion or in helping them 拒绝听某人的意见；拒绝帮助某人 |
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| - | to your door
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| if a company delivers things to your door , it delivers them directly to your house |
| 送货上门 |
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| Simply order from our website and we’ ll deliver the goods to your door within 24 hours. 只要从我们网站订货，我们就会在24小时内送货上门。 |
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| - | two/a few etc doors /down/up/along
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| used for saying how many rooms or houses you need to count before you come to the room or house you are talking about |
| 隔两个/几个门等的距离 |
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| His office is three doors down from mine. 他的办公室离我的有3个门远。 |
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